Formylmethionyl-tRNA alters RNA polymerase specificity.

abstract：:The structure and the expression of 11 cellular oncogenes (protooncogenes) were analyzed in primary cells from 20 acute lymphocytic (ALL) and 31 acute myelogenous (AML) leukemia patients. Neoplastic cells, obtained prior to initiation of therapy, were purified and classified, on the basis of both surface antigen patte...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mavilio F,Sposi NM,Petrini M,Bottero L,Marinucci M,De Rossi G,Amadori S,Mandelli F,Peschle C

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A potential human footprint on Western Central African rainforests before the Common Era has become the focus of an ongoing controversy. Between 3,000 y ago and 2,000 y ago, regional pollen sequences indicate a replacement of mature rainforests by a forest-savannah mosaic including pioneer trees. Although some studies...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Garcin Y,Deschamps P,Ménot G,de Saulieu G,Schefuß E,Sebag D,Dupont LM,Oslisly R,Brademann B,Mbusnum KG,Onana JM,Ako AA,Epp LS,Tjallingii R,Strecker MR,Brauer A,Sachse D

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication about prescription drugs ought to be a paragon of public science communication. Unfortunately, it is not. Consumers see $4 billion of direct-to-consumer advertising annually, which typically fails to present data about how well drugs work. The professional label--the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Schwartz LM,Woloshin S

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefrontal cortex plays a fundamental role in the working memory functions of the cerebral cortex and is also the site of dysfunction in several neurological and psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. Prefrontal neurons are distinguished by their capacity for sustained activity during the time a stimulus ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Gao WJ,Krimer LS,Goldman-Rakic PS

更新日期：2001-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular agitation more rapid than thermal Brownian motion is reported for cellular environments, motor proteins, synthetic molecular motors, enzymes, and common chemical reactions, yet that chemical activity coupled to molecular motion contrasts with generations of accumulated knowledge about diffusion at equilibriu...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Jee AY,Tlusty T,Granick S

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a homologous in vitro transcription system that requires (i) 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (called TCDD or dioxin), (ii) the Ah receptor, and (iii) a dioxin-responsive enhancer for activity. Unfractionated nuclear extracts from mouse hepatoma cells contain an inhibitor and fail to direct transc...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wen LP,Koeiman N,Whitlock JP Jr

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemics demonstrate the global threat of Zika virus (ZIKV), a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes. Although infection is usually asymptomatic or mild, newborns of infected mothers can display severe symptoms, including neurodevelopmental abnormalities and microcephaly. Given the large-scale spread, symptom s...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Esswein SR,Gristick HB,Jurado A,Peace A,Keeffe JR,Lee YE,Voll AV,Saeed M,Nussenzweig MC,Rice CM,Robbiani DF,MacDonald MR,Bjorkman PJ

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural activity and neurotrophins induce synaptic remodeling in part by altering gene expression. A cDNA encoding a glycosylphoshatidylinositol-anchored protein was identified by screening for hippocampal genes that are induced by neural activity. This molecule, named neuritin, is expressed in postmitotic-differentiat...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Naeve GS,Ramakrishnan M,Kramer R,Hevroni D,Citri Y,Theill LE

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:For disordered proteins, the dimensions of the chain are an important property that is sensitive to environmental conditions. We have used single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer to probe the temperature-induced chain collapse of five unfolded or intrinsically disordered proteins. Because this behavior is se...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wuttke R,Hofmann H,Nettels D,Borgia MB,Mittal J,Best RB,Schuler B

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This communication describes the preparation of antibodies to human interleukin 2 (IL-2), using as immunogens synthetic peptides derived from the predicted amino acid sequence of IL-2. Rabbits and mice were immunized with protein carrier conjugates of eight chemically synthesized IL-2-derived peptides, each consisting...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Altman A,Cardenas JM,Houghten RA,Dixon FJ,Theofilopoulos AN

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocyte endowment dwindles away during prepubertal and adult life until menopause occurs, and apoptosis has been identified as a central mechanism responsible for oocyte elimination. A few recent reports suggest that uncontrolled inflammation may adversely affect ovarian reserve. We tested the possible role of the proi...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Uri-Belapolsky S,Shaish A,Eliyahu E,Grossman H,Levi M,Chuderland D,Ninio-Many L,Hasky N,Shashar D,Almog T,Kandel-Kfir M,Harats D,Shalgi R,Kamari Y

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2-deoxy-D-glucose method was used to study asymmetries in cerebral metabolic activity in neonatal rats. Left-right asymmetries in 2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake were observed in hippocampus, diencephalon, cortex, and medulla-pons: 2-deoxy-D-glucose incorporation was greater in right hippocampus, right diencephalon, left...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Ross DA,Glick SD,Meibach RC

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time-dependent Schrödinger equation is a cornerstone of quantum physics and governs all phenomena of the microscopic world. However, despite its importance, its origin is still not widely appreciated and properly understood. We obtain the Schrödinger equation from a mathematical identity by a slight generalization...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Schleich WP,Greenberger DM,Kobe DH,Scully MO

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms that regulate insulin secretion were investigated using capacitance measurements of exocytosis in single beta cells maintained in tissue culture. Exocytosis was stimulated by voltage-clamp depolarizations to activate the voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels that mediate Ca2+ influx into the beta cell. Under ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Ammälä C,Eliasson L,Bokvist K,Berggren PO,Honkanen RE,Sjöholm A,Rorsman P

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous liposome formation is predicted in binary mixtures of fluid phase phospholipids and poly(n)ethylene oxide (PEO)-bearing lipids by using single chain mean field theory. The range of stability of the spontaneous liposomes is determined as a function of percentage of PEO-conjugated lipids and polymer molecula...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Szleifer I,Gerasimov OV,Thompson DH

更新日期：1998-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The atomic buckling in 2D "Xenes" (such as silicene) fosters a plethora of exotic electronic properties such as a quantum spin Hall effect and could be engineered by external strain. Quantifying the buckling magnitude with subangstrom precision is, however, challenging, since epitaxially grown 2D layers exhibit comple...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pawlak R,Drechsel C,D'Astolfo P,Kisiel M,Meyer E,Cerda JI

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotional responses, such as fear and anxiety, are fundamentally important behavioral phenomena with strong fitness components in most animal species. Anxiety-related disorders continue to represent a major unmet medical need in our society, mostly because we still do not fully understand the mechanisms of these disea...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Choi JH,Jeong YM,Kim S,Lee B,Ariyasiri K,Kim HT,Jung SH,Hwang KS,Choi TI,Park CO,Huh WK,Carl M,Rosenfeld JA,Raskin S,Ma A,Gecz J,Kim HG,Kim JS,Shin HC,Park DS,Gerlai R,Jamieson BB,Kim JS,Iremonger KJ,Lee S

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of change of climate codetermines the global warming impacts on natural and socioeconomic systems and their capabilities to adapt. Establishing past rates of climate change from temperature proxy data remains difficult given their limited spatiotemporal resolution. In contrast, past greenhouse gas radiative f...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Joos F,Spahni R

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Noncompetitive inhibitors of the nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors suppress cation flux directly by binding in and blocking the open channel or indirectly by stabilizing closed states of the receptor. The lidocaine derivative QX-314 and the acridine derivative quinacrine act directly as open channel blockers, bu...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Yu Y,Shi L,Karlin A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of gene gain through duplication has long been appreciated. In contrast, the importance of gene loss has only recently attracted attention. Indeed, studies in organisms ranging from plants to worms and humans suggest that duplication of some genes might be better tolerated than that of others. Here we h...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： De Smet R,Adams KL,Vandepoele K,Van Montagu MC,Maere S,Van de Peer Y

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the effect of language on categorical perception of color is stronger when stimuli are presented in the right visual field than in the left. To examine whether this lateralized effect occurs preattentively at an early stage of processing, we monitored the visual mismatch negativity, wh...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mo L,Xu G,Kay P,Tan LH

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In December of 2015, the international community pledged to limit global warming to below 2 °C above preindustrial (PI) to prevent dangerous climate change. However, to what extent, and for whom, is danger avoided if this ambitious target is realized? We address these questions by scrutinizing heat stress, because the...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Matthews TK,Wilby RL,Murphy C

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Okadaic acid is a non-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-type tumor promoter on mouse skin and known to be a potent inhibitor of serine/threonine protein phosphatases. Contrary to expectation from its tumor-promoting activity, okadaic acid was shown to have a potential to revert the phenotypes of cells transformed ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sakai R,Ikeda I,Kitani H,Fujiki H,Takaku F,Rapp U,Sugimura T,Nagao M

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleosomes in eukaryotes act as platforms for the dynamic integration of epigenetic information. Posttranslational modifications are reversibly added or removed and core histones exchanged for paralogous variants, in concert with changing demands on transcription and genome accessibility. Histones are also common in ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Stevens KM,Swadling JB,Hocher A,Bang C,Gribaldo S,Schmitz RA,Warnecke T

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A leading hypothesis explaining Phanerozoic mass extinctions and associated carbon isotopic anomalies is the emission of greenhouse, other gases, and aerosols caused by eruptions of continental flood basalt provinces. However, the necessary serial relationship between these eruptions, isotopic excursions, and extincti...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Whiteside JH,Olsen PE,Eglinton T,Brookfield ME,Sambrotto RN

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine the quantum confinement in the photoemission ionization energy in air and optical band gap of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs). Premixed, stretched-stabilized ethylene flames are used to generate the CNPs reproducibly over the range of 4-23 nm in volume median diameter. The results reveal that flame-formed CNPs ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liu C,Singh AV,Saggese C,Tang Q,Chen D,Wan K,Vinciguerra M,Commodo M,De Falco G,Minutolo P,D'Anna A,Wang H

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is central to calcium homeostasis and bone maintenance in vertebrates, and as such it has been used for treating osteoporosis. It acts primarily by binding to its receptor, PTH1R, a member of the class B G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family that also includes receptors for glucagon, calci...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pioszak AA,Xu HE

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression and integration of membrane proteins into vesicle membranes is a critical step in the design of cell-mimetic biosensors, bioreactors, and artificial cells. While membrane proteins have been integrated into a variety of nonnatural membranes, the effects of the chemical and physical properties of these ve...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Jacobs ML,Boyd MA,Kamat NP

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many types of ancient bacteria and archea rely on hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) for their energy production, eukaryotes generate ATP in an oxygen-dependent fashion. We hypothesize that endogenous H(2)S remains a regulator of energy production in mammalian cells under stress conditions, which enables the body to co...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fu M,Zhang W,Wu L,Yang G,Li H,Wang R

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Microinjection of progesterone dissolved in paraffin oil induces the reinitiation of meiotic maturation in the Xenopus oocyte; 50% maturation is obtained when 50 nl of a 50 microM solution is microinjected into the oocyte. The kinetics of the response to microinjected progesterone are similar to the kinetics of respon...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Tso J,Thibier C,Mulner O,Ozon R

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00